Deputy PM expecting baby with former staffer

Barnaby Joyce and ex-staff member expecting baby

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Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is expecting a baby with a former staff member, months after telling parliament his 24-year marriage had broken down.

A photograph of his pregnant partner printed on the front page of the Daily Telegraph has triggered a fierce debate about whether the image and accompanying article are an invasion of privacy or matter of public interest.

Rumours of the affair and baby surfaced during the New England by-election in October but had not been formally confirmed.